Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-23
house passed with Senate amendment

house passed with Senate amendment
Including OPIUM joints.
B Senator Stinson offered resolution
that no new bill hereafter introduced
shall be 6cted on. L9lu over uncer the
rules.
House bill amending article 43i relative
to Information pas ed.
House bill to prevent certain animals
from running At large passed.
House bill requiring county commits
siOners to give bond passed.
House bill to compel railways to pro-
vide double deck cars passed..
House bill for the relief of j. B. Early
passed.
House bill 20 require the election OF
city mayor when b vacancy occurs by
reason Of death or resignation, passed to
third reading.
Substitute House bill amending the
penal code relative to the local option
Law, was taken up and, pending discus
sion, the Senate adjourned until 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
THE HOUSE.
House bill requiring country butchers
Offering meat r sale TO exhibit the hide
with the ears of the slaughtered animals
was engrossed. The penalty is fine of
from $25 to 500.
Mr.. Payne asked the House to take up
the Senate land bill.
The bill was read the third time.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Moore of
Travis was adopted, Withholding from
sale until classified and valued all lands
subject to irrigation.
An amendment offered by Mr. Brown
ing, to strike on: the clause giving the
District court of Travis county jurisdic-
ton of cases forfeitlng lands for failure to
pay interest onland purchased, was lost
yeas, 80, nays, Sc.
An amendment by Mr.. Shields, to per-
nit district line riding to prevent cattle
drifts in winter, was defeated.
The bill passed-yeas, rs; nays, Is.
The House considered It's general ap-
preparation bill.
The chief salaries are: For governor,
$4,000; private secretary, $500; seCre-
tary of state, $4,000; state treasurer,
S2500; comptroller, $500; head commits
siOner, $2500; salary and felony fees Of
attOrney-general, $500; adj utant- general,
$4,000; commissioner of Insurance, etc,
$4,000; salary of three judges Of the Su-
preme court, Sl0,650; three judges of APP
peals, Sl0,650; capitol commissioners,
$500 each; capitol superintendent,
$500; capitol secretary, $500; supprin-
tendent of public buildings, $1,000;
asylum Superinrendents, $4,000 each;
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, $500. The chief epprOpri-
alions are $4,000 tor rewards;
for militia services, $4,000; for public
printing, $50, 600; for quarantine officer,
building, etc, $4,000; judicial depart
ment, $5l8, 900; payments of veterans,
$50, O00; pubic debt, 1886, 900; peniten-
tiary Deficiencies and improvements,
Sl50, 900; Medical College at Galveston,
$4,000 Sam Houston Normal Institute,
S26, 600; Prairie View Coored Normal
Institute, $4,000; Agricultural and Ne
chanical Collie &c, Sl5, 900; miscellaneous,
S25, 900; besides hundreds of other items
necessary for the expenses Of state insti-
tutiOns and the Offices of government.
The bill was considered in committee
of the whole The items under the head
ings Executive Office and State Depart
ments were adopted without change.
Pending proposed amendments to the
items headed Treasury Department, the
committee rose and reported and the
House adjourned for an afternoon session.
into committee of the whole o. the gen
eraI appropriation bill. N material
changes were made in the Treasury De-
partment. In the Comptroller, Depart
ment the salary of the receiving clerk was
changed to $1,000. two warrant clerks to
$500 each added $2500, for books and
stationery, binding rolls and contingent
expenses $3.50, for porter and messenger
$3.50, furniture. etc, $3.50.
IL the Land OFF e the changes made
were, examining clerks, $I40oi calcu-
latOr, $3.50
In the Adjutant-GeReral's Department
the item Ct $4,000 for frontier prOtec-
tiOn caused some discussion.
Mr.. Voorhees, offered En amendment
reducing the amount to S25, 900, and MIR.
Garwood offered a substitute sinking out
all the head "Adju:ant-GeneraPs Office"
except $4,000 Tor military companies"
The substitute was lost. and pending dis
CussiOn of the amendment the committee
rose and reported progress, and the
House adjourned for night session.